Portrait Time

Yesterday and today I spent the afternoons taking photos of the girls. One of my assignments while I’m here is to take a complete set of current photos of the girls for their sponsors and big sisters. Each girl here has a sponsor (usually in another country) who pays for her school fees and a big sister (also usually in another country) who regularly writes to her and encourages her and to both of whom she writes letters back (good practice in English). So, without a studio, studio lighting, or studio backdrops, I’ve been trying to get portraits of the girls. They have been really amused by the entire process, as well as very self conscious as I try to pose them. Now, understand, my photographic specialty is landscape photography, so posing people for portraits is not something I have any expertise at whatsoever. But we’ve been having fun and laughing a lot while trying to get something recorded that they will be happy represent themselves to those who care for them.









While doing all this, the littlest ones were busy observing. Bridget clearly absorbed all the contortions of posing as she plopped herself into one of the Amani House chairs and proceeded to cop a pose. Of course I had to stop what I was doing and snap a shot of her.





















Not to be outdone, Mackenna had to get in on the action. Mackenna, however, is DEFINITELY a two-year old and not about to be told how to pose by anyone. Mackenna did her own thing - and I’ve got a whole series of photos to prove it. However, on slow Kenya internet, you’re only going to get to enjoy one!